31. It has recently been announced that a new highschool may be built in your neighborhood. Do yousupport or oppose this plan? Why? Use specific reasonsand details in your answer.

I oppose having a new high school built in my neighborhood. Although I know there’s a real need for a new facility, I have tosay that I don’t want one built so close to me. I think it wouldcause a lot of problems.

First of all, there are very few teenagers in this neighborhood, or in our suburban subdivision, forthat matter. Most of the residents here are either retired or are just starting out with youngchildren. This means that the kids coming to the new high school wouldn’t be walking. They wouldcome on buses or would be driving to the school. Either way, this would mean a lot more traffic onour streets.

In addition to the traffic on school days, there also would be traffic whenever there was a sportingevent, such as a basketball or football game, or activities at the school. Would there be enoughparking in the school lot for everyone attending those events? Probably not. Consequently, thoseextra cars would end up our neighborhood.

My neighbors and I would also be upset about the loss of the park, which is the site that’s beenselected for the high school. Mothers with young children gather there every morning for their kidsto play together. People my age like to take a walk after dinner. On weekends, that park is a placefor picnic and relaxation. We’d be sorry to lose our neighborhood park.

I also have some concerns about all those young people being in our neighborhood. Would therebe problems with drugs or fights? Could the school district guarantee us that security would be apriority? These are concerns that I don't think can be addressed sufficiently for me to support anew high school in my neighborhood.

32 Some people spend their entire lives in one place. Others move a number of timesthroughout their lives, looking for a better job, house, community, or even climate. Which do you prefer: saying in one place or moving in search of another place? Usereasons and specific examples to support your opinion.

Even though I have lived in the same house, in the same neighborhood, in the same city my entirelife. I know I would be happy living in a variety of place. Moving would expose me to new people, new weather, and new housing.

Even if I were to move to another part of my city, I would encounter new people. Eachneighborhood has a distinct personality. When I move to that neighborhood, I would meet theshopkeepers and residents that shape that personality. I may even adopt part of there manner asmy own so I could be recognized as part of that community.

If I want to encounter different weather patterns, I would have to move beyond my city. Where Ilive now, it is the same temperature all year, I would like to go to a place where there are fourseasons so I can experience really cold temperatures. I would like to walk in the snow and perhapsgo skiing. I could learn winter sports if I lived in the north.

Now of course, I live with my parents in their home. It is a one story house built around acourtyard where our family spends a lot of time. If I were to move, I would like to live in anapartment on a very high floor so I could see all around me. I could also meet my neighbors in theelevator and we could get together for coffee in my apartment.

The more I move the more I would experience change. I would meet new people in every place Ilived; I could move to sample countries with four seasons or even a continent like Antarctica whichonly has two. Wherever I lived, I would experience living in housing particular to that area. I wouldthen be a citizen of the world, wouldn’t I? Could you call me a foreigner if I called everyplace myhome?